Know Your Summit
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Know Your Summit




The Nuclear Security Summit will be held in Washington, DC on April 12-13. Here is our first installment of research resources for you.

US Government Web Resources

Department of State, Nuclear Security Summit
Department of State, Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation (VCI)
Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)
Department of Defense, NDU, The Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Dept. of Defense, Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Sec. for Nuclear Matters (ODATSD(NM))
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC)
Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Department of Energy, Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP)




- Hearings On The Hill
JAPAN'S RECENT SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS7/27 ? 10:00am, 2118 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Armed Services Committee Full committee hearing on "Japan: Recent Security Developments." Witnesses: Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian...

- Pedaling Peril
In March, the US Government Accountability Office issued it report on Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors [GAO-10-515R March 23, 2010]. The report noted the following companies...

- No Fighting In The War Room
Twelve of the 47 nations attending the April 12-13 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC were Asian. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reportedly gave the keynote address at the working dinner on the first night. Eleven of these countries issued...

- A Nuclear Week
Congress in recess until the 12th. QUESTIONING OBAMA?S NUCLEAR AGENDA. 4/6, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsors: AEI, Heritage. Speakers: Bruce Klingner, Heritage; Lisa Curtis, Heritage; Amb. Kurt Volker, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO; Thomas Donnelly,...

- Quiet Week In Washington
Congress is in recess until April 12th TRANSPARENCY IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHINA. 4/1, 2:00pm. Sponsor: Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Speakers: Barbara Finamore, Founder and Director, China Program, Natural Resources...



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